Based on 3D modeling and testing on a moai replica, researchers think that small groups of people may have used ropes to ...

For years, researchers have debated how the Indigenous people of Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, managed to move their giant human-faced moai statues hundreds of years ago. On average, these statues ...

Scientists may have solved the mystery of how the giant statues of Easter Island moved to their present locations.

The mystery of the Moai stone heads has eluded onlookers for centuries — and now, researchers say they finally know how they got there. The statues, which were carved and placed on the South Pacific's ...